Posted by italyprof on 4/23/2013 9:28:00 AM (view original):JAMESA: it hit the left field wall, richocheted off the LF's head and bounced straight in the air, illuminating the Citgo sign (thank you companero presidente !) and landed in the parking lot !

I currently have a team (123 games in) winning at a .626% (77-46)- the odd part is I don't have a single hitter with more than 64RBI. I know that pitching wins - and that we use a lot of deadballers in the league -but with it being a dual season progressive I thought I'd get "a little" more offensive production.

believe it or don't

(possibilities for my success includes the fact that my starting pitchers salaries are 15.88m, 12.25m and 8.91m. All 3 of my starters have ERA's under 2.60, OAV's under .227, and whip's under 1.18 - there recors are 24-11, 20-10 and 20-15)

In an 80M theme that recently kicked off, my 1905 Ed Reulbach threw a shutout in his first start. He followed that up with a shutout in his next start, and in the one after that, too. 10 games into the season, he's pitched more shutouts than the rest of the league's pitchers combined (3-2). Big Ed's numbers so far:

27 innings, .063 WHIP, .114 OAV, 0.00 ERA.

Believe It or Don't!

In an OL, a rookie hitter of mine shed 41 points from his batting average in just 15 games. Slump! But also streak -- he hit safely in every one of those 15 games, including 4 multi-hit games, one of them a 4-hit effort. How do you lose 41 points off your average while getting hits in 15 straight games? Well, his batting average prior to the streak was a very robust .473 (26-for-55). During the 15-game streak, he hit .393 (22-for-56) -- bringing his average all the way down to .432.

Believe It or Dont'!

In that same OL, I had another rookie hitter get off to a horrible start after acquiring him in a trade: 3-for-32 (.094). At that point I figured I'd boost the young lad's confidence (or kill him off for good!) by batting him leadoff against the great 1908 Addie Joss. He went 3-for-4 against Addie, which started a 22-for-65 (.339) spree that raised his season average to a respectable .269.